Office of Personnel Management

‘We need to do more’ to close gender-based pay gap, OPM says

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Pay

Blue-collar federal pay reform heading toward rulemaking process

Pay

OPM to lift pause on FSAFEDS enrollments in August

Pay & Benefits

A lot is changing in the way the government does human resources

Workforce

security clearance, federal jobs,Reclassifying Marijuana DEA

‘DOOBIE’ Act looks to ease security clearance restrictions on past marijuana use

Intelligence Community

AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Medicare, Medicaid, CMS, HHS, cybersecurity, Administration of Children and families,The Department of Health and Human Services building

‘An extraordinary opportunity’: How HHS uses shared certificates in hiring

Hiring/Retention

(Maria B. Barnes/NSF)

Pathways program, NSF, National Science Foundation

With record number of interns, NSF is ‘intentional’ about career growth

Hiring/Retention

Project 2025 and your federal job: Better read up on this one

Tom Temin Commentary

Data Dive

Nearly half of all civilian feds are new hires since 2019

Reporter's Notebook

Federal workforce diversity still lagging in more senior roles

Workforce

Lawsuit urges OPM to end 7-year delay to keep feds off indefinite paid administrative leave

Hiring/Retention

Why you need a strategy when it’s time to claim Social Security benefits

Social Security taxes start automatically the day you start working. But when the time comes you have got to file an application to get your benefits.

Retirement

First Look

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

The 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill includes language specifically targeting federal telework reporting requirements.

Congress

FSAFEDS to restart payments after 10-day suspension on reimbursements

Benefits

FSAFEDS is lifting a temporary suspension on reimbursement payments. But employees are expressing frustration with the lack of communication ahead of the pause.